SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Ultrafine dust concentrations surged to “very bad” levels in the Seoul metropolitan area Tuesday, due largely to a steady influx of Chinese smog into the stagnant air over the Korean Peninsula, forcing local governments to issue a fine dust advisory. According to the Air Quality Forecasting Center affiliated with [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – This is what spring skies are supposed to look like. With fine dust concentration levels at either ‘good’ (0 to 30 micrograms/cubic meter) or ‘average’ (31 to 80㎍/㎥) across South Korea, the skies were finally blue on Monday after being shrouded in a gray haze for weeks. The Seoul [...]
![[China Report] China’s Heavy Smog Drives Nouveau Riche out of the Country](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/smog-800x600.jpg "[China Report] China’s Heavy Smog Drives Nouveau Riche out of the Country")
SEOUL, Korea, Mar 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – After being awakened by serious problems caused by smog, which largely originates from China, Koreans — private and public in general — are stampeding to developing new smog forecast models as part of preemptive measures to fight against the grim air pollution. Now, it is one of the [...]